Japan
People of this nationality
Shūōshi Mizuhara
1892 – 1981
poet
Shōji Azuma
b. 1956
linguist
Atomu Shigenaga
b. 1988
golfer
Takushiro Hattori
1901 – 1960
military personnel
Shizuka Itō
b. 1980
singer
Shigeru Sugita
1947 – 2025
bodybuilder
Kotaro Ikeda
1895 – 1976
painter
Hisao Tani
1882 – 1947
military personnel
Katsuji Tsunoda
1944 – 2011
basketball player
Takeshi Yoshioka
b. 1979
actor
Hirokazu Hasegawa
b. 1986
association football player
Ichijō Mikako
1835 – 1894
kuge
Shō Arai
b. 1971
mangaka
Naoto Arai
b. 1996
association football player
Ryōsuke Sakai
b. 1997
trampoline gymnast
Kotaro Shimizu
b. 1911
athletics competitor
Wataru Kaji
1903 – 1982
novelist
Nagano
illustrator
Momoco
illustrator
Yōmei
540 – 587
ruler
Jun Misawa
1952 – 2022
baseball player
Shoya Koyama
b. 2003
association football player
Matsumoto Jun
1832 – 1907
photographer
Yuta Komori
b. 1995
professional shogi player
Taichi Kikuchi
b. 1999
association football player
Shun Nagasawa
b. 1988
association football player
Sara Shimizu
b. 2009
snowboarder
Takayasu Akira
b. 1990
rikishi
Junya Kato
b. 1994
association football player
Yuka Koide
b. 1985
actor
Toshio Kurosawa
1914 – 1947
baseball player
Itzuki Yamazaki
b. 1966
professional wrestler
Tatsugoro Matsumoto
1861 – 1955
landscape architect
Osamu Kaneda
b. 1949
film director
Nakamura Shichinosuke II
b. 1983
actor
Yuka Tsujiyoko
composer
Uma no Naishi
949 – 1011
poet
Chie Kimura
b. 1980
field hockey player
Tamotsu Asakura
association football player
Yūsuke Kawasaki
b. 1982
baseball player
Gaku Shindō
b. 1980
actor
Yūkichi Chūganji
1889 – 2003
businessperson
Koji Omi
1932 – 2022
politician
Shun Obu
b. 1992
association football player
Ryo Mizuno
b. 1963
writer
Bandō Mitsugorō VII
1882 – 1961
kabuki actor
Shinichi Kojima
b. 1979
mixed martial arts fighter
Hakuyō Fuchikami
1889 – 1960
photographer
Ari Fuji
b. 1968
aircraft pilot
Dayu Koume
b. 1972
owarai tarento
Kanae Kijima
b. 1974
serial killer
Sena Inami
b. 1992
association football player
Keita Morimoto
b. 1990
artist
Kimiko Hashimoto
b. 1953
basketball player
Rui Tsukiyo
b. 2000
novelist
Shuto Machino
b. 1999
association football player
Issei Yamamoto
1889 – 1959
astronomer
Heiichiro Ito
b. 1990
rugby union player
Fumiko Saiga
1943 – 2009
judge
Miyagiyama Fukumatsu
1895 – 1943
rikishi
Marie Yamaguchi
b. 1989
rugby sevens player
Ryōtarō Araki
b. 2002
association football player
Chisa Kobayashi
b. 1987
swimmer
Masakatsu Takagi
b. 1979
musician
Mibu no Tadamine
860 – 920
waka poet
Yamakawa Futaba
1844 – 1909
educator
Yuka Sato
b. 1973
figure skater
Kōshi Rikudō
b. 1970
mangaka
Ryuolivier Iwamoto
b. 1996
association football player
Ryōsuke Kodama
b. 1998
baseball player
Heitarō Kimura
1888 – 1948
military personnel
Seiji Arikawa
1929 – 2016
politician
Norio Shinozaki
b. 1969
golfer
Seijirō Kōyama
b. 1941
film director
Takuya Kimura
1972 – 2010
baseball player
Minamoto no Yoshiyasu
1127 – 1157
samurai
Shirō Takasu
1884 – 1944
military personnel
Aiko Satō
b. 1977
actor
Katsuya Tahara
b. 1972
snowboarder
Masakiyo Maezono
b. 1973
association football player
Hikaru Yaotome
b. 1990
singer
Hiroshi Ishikawa
b. 1963
film director
Kazuya Nakai
b. 1967
seiyū
Tatsuo Arai
b. 1952
engineer
Kei Uchiyama
b. 1993
association football player
Yuki Sakai
b. 1989
association football player
Tokugawa Muneyoshi
1897 – 1989
politician
Hisashi Owada
b. 1932
diplomat
Dragon Dia
b. 1998
professional wrestler
Junko Isoda
b. 1981
swimmer
Kiyoko Shimahara
b. 1976
marathon runner
Shohei Oyama
b. 1998
rugby union player
Inada Shūichi
1902 – 1973
politician
Kazuhiro Miyashita
b. 1961
handball player
Haruyuki Ishibashi
b. 1973
basketball player
Emma Haruka Iwao
b. 1984
computer scientist
Kō no Moronao
samurai
Koji Yamasaki
b. 1980
baseball player
Ichiro Furuyama
b. 1907
athletics competitor
Shigeru Amachi
1931 – 1985
actor